Table 3.
Mean of SRAud, YRAud, grain yield and yield related traits for the genotypes evaluated during MS2019 and OS2020 at KALRO, Njoro.
| Season | YRAud | SRAud | DH | PH | SL | SS | KS | BM | GY | TKW | MKW | HI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cm | t ha−1 | g | ||||||||||
| MS2019 | 86.49b | 368.22a | 72.96b | 87.71b | 9.56a | 18.37a | 45.86a | 32.47a | 5.59a | 23.70a | 0.023a | 0.14a |
| OS2020 | 133.71a | 283.10b | 75.63a | 89.85a | 9.50a | 17.66b | 45.36a | 26.40b | 3.38b | 21.79b | 0.021b | 0.13b |
| MSD | 4.21 | 9.26 | 0.27 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.82 | 0.60 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.0004 | 0.003 |
Means followed by the same letters are not significantly different at p < 0.05.
YRAud yellow rust area under disease progress curve (AUDPC), SRAud stem rust AUDPC, TKW thousand kernel weight, GY grain yield, SS number of spikelets spike−1, DH days to 50% heading, PH plant height, SL spike length, KS number of kernels spike−1, BM biomass, HI harvest index, MSD Tukey’s minimum significance difference.